Fragment: Head of a Man (100 BCE–100 CE): Art, History and Details

Fragment: Head of a Man (100 BCE–100 CE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This small marble portrait of a man is heavily damaged, with weathering on the face, a break at the neck, and a large portion of the top of the head missing. It depicts a beardless youth with close-cropped hair. The flat top and back of the head may indicate that it was part of a larger composition.

Object facts

• Title: Fragment: Head of a Man
• Date: 100 BCE–100 CE
• Culture: Greco-Roman
• Type: Sculpture
• Technique: marble
• Dimensions: Overall: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)
• Collection: GR - Roman
• Department: Greek and Roman Art
• Accession number: 1915.558

A detail from the museum

Some marbles are softer than others and more vulnerable to wear.

Collection credit

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust

Further reading listed by the museum

• Howard, Rossiter. “A Gallic Warrior.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 17, no. 8 (1930): 154–59.

View the collection record

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